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30used consensual qualitative research (CQR) and SPSS to analyze data and identify common themes in responses. CQR identified new themes to understand students' perceptions of mental illness.POSTER 49PERCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL MEDIA BEHAVIORS AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTIONBAILEY ZOBEL (BELMONT UNIVERSITY), MCKENNA PROUTY (BELMONT UNIVERSITY), SHAE SOUTH (BELMONT UNIVERSITY), OLIVIA WALKER (BELMONT UNIVERSITY), PATRICK MORSE (BELMONT UNIVERSITY) This study examined how social media correlates to relationship satisfaction among college students. Participants were randomly assigned to read scenarios displaying high- or low-commitment behaviors and rate similarity to their own relationships. Perceived similarity to negative scenarios significantly correlated with lower relationship satisfaction, whereas social media use was unrelated to satisfaction. Findings partially support existing research on social media's influence on relationships and provide further insight on associations between social media exposure and relationship satisfaction.POSTER 50PERPETRATORS WHO USE CHATROOMS TO MEET MINORSNETANYA S. FRENKING (UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH), CHLOE R. GRABANSKI (UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH), JACLYN H. ARONIE (UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH), JESSICA SANTOS (UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH), RAINA V. LAMADE (UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH) Previous research has examined differences between internet and contact offenders who perpetrate sexual crimes against minors. This study examines offenders who endorsed using teen/child chatrooms. Little is known about the relationship between chatroom use and variables associated with sexual violence against minors (e.g., internet preoccupation, pro-child pornography attitudes, child pornography consumption, and antisociality). This research seeks to enhance understanding of factors associated with sexual violence against minors to inform prevention and intervention strategies.POSTER 51THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HYPERCOMPETITIVENESS AND COMPASSION BETWEEN COLLEGE ATHLETES AND STUDENTSVINCENT PRINCIPE (EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY), JYH-HANN CHANG (EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY), NATASHA MERCHANT (EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY), JACQUELINE COLON (EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY), LISA JONES (EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY) This study examined compassion and hypercompetitiveness in college students and college athletes. The Compassion of Other Lives (COOL) Scale and the Hypercompetitive Attitude (HCA) Scale were used to determine the relationship between these concepts. Data found a significant negative correlation between compassion and hypercompetitiveness, r(357)=-.182, p<.001. An independent sample t-test revealed a significant difference in hypercompetitiveness between college athletes and non-athlete college students, t(605)=7.024, p=.02.POSTER 52THE EFFECT OF AMERICAN REGIONAL DIALECTS ON THE PERCEPTION OF PERSONALITY TRAITSJULIA LEIBMAN (DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY NEW YORK), MADELINE FRIEDMAN (DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY NEW YORK), BLAIR HOPLIGHT (DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY NEW YORK), KELLY JOHNSON (DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY NEW YORK) This study investigated the effect of regional dialects (East Coast, West Coast, Midwestern) on perceived personality traits. Prior research has found that auditory qualities are linked to perceptions of traits, and therefore, stereotyping. After listening to one of three short sound bites, several effects were found such as participants felt that the East Coast speaker was less deceitful than the West Coast speaker and more likely to take risks than West Coast and Midwestern speakers.POSTER 53THE EFFECT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BY ATHLETES ON REACTION TIMEAUTUMN SHAHAN (LYCOMING COLLEGE) This study explored the effect of physical activity on reaction time in athletes. A women's lacrosse team completed the Deary-Liewald time task in four trials, before and after a two-hour period of physical activity or on a rest day. A 2x2 factorial ANOVA revealed that reaction times were significantly faster after a period of physical activity compared to after rest. Post hoc 30